Police say Lapaglia shot 59-year-old John Parkes Jr. sometime after Parkes’ fiancee’ — the suspect’s aunt — left their home in Kennedy Township on July 21. That woman, Carol Lapaglia, found Parkes dead hours later.

Police say they were tipped off by a pawn shop where Michael Lapaglia allegedly tried to sell some stolen jewelry the day Parkes was killed. Police say the suspect’s aunt cried when they showed her pictures of the jewelry, which she identified as hers, Parkes’ or her mother’s.